General News.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 24 July 1933, Page 8

General News.

"A Good Time Cominp,.'' "You gel. ;i little tired of.' school when the holidays are com in;/, and you become sick of the holidays when school days arrive again," said Archbishop Julius, preaching at St. James's Church. Riccarton, yesterday, addressing his remarks particularly to the many children in the congregation. "Remember always that a good time is coming,'-' he added. "That is what helps us through life."

Stowaway Thanked. The small steamer Pioneer, which arrived at Auckland from Kaipara on Saturday to join the local fishing fleet, had a stowaway on board who hid himself so successfully that he was not discovered until the ship was at sea. On the trip down the coast the ship met with heavy weather, and the extra hand was most welcome, with the unusual result. that the stowaway on hi.; arrival was thanked for his services. —Press Association. Destruction of Trees. For some time efforts have been made to add to the- beauty of Cashmere Hills by t ree-pianting, but if the acts; of vandalism recently noted persist, they will be completely frustrated. Trampers who made the hills their exercise area yesterday were disgusted to find that several newly-planted saplings near Victoria Park had been deliberately cut, so that, the top portion was adhering to the lower by the mere bark. In other eases ail the bark had been cut olf and the trees were dying. New Fields. "It is a peculiar thing that while city boys are keen to go to flock House, the training home for farmers, country boys are not," observed Mr J. N. Barrie at the annual meeting of Ihe Ilawke's Bay War Relief Association. He mentioned that last, year the association had had great difficulty m filling its quota of boys for the scheme. A Tribute to the Police. A Christchurch business man has every reason to feel grateful to the officers of the detective department for their efficiency in dealing with crime. During last week he was a fairly heavy loser through the passing of a forged cheque and there was also a robbery at his residence. In both cases the detective office, with the culprit secure, tele-phoned him and advised him of the crimes before he had discovered them.

Soldiers' Pensions. Fifty-one case., were heard during the Christchurch session of the War Pensions Appeal Board, which ended on Friday, having been sitting since .Innr 2H. Many of the claims were based on alt) butabiiity to war service, and in sonic cases pensions were granted for the lirst time since the men's return from the war. In ■!.'"> ias.es in which the genera! secretary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, ?>lr E. K. Wil'ieox, appeared as advocate, were upheld, 19 wore dismissed, and si:-, were deferred.

Trees for Planting. The Canterbury Progress League has been placed in a position by the State Forest Service to offer to ioc;fl bodies affiliated with the league supplies of certain varieties of trees suitable for shelter belts. In addition to providing shellor. the object is to encourage local bodies to provide a certain amount of employment. The league is passing on the offer to the bodies affiliated with it and already several applications for supplies have been received.

Testing of Oils. '"lt has been .said that the young engineer in America sooner fir later pets taken down on oils." said Professor S. Steele on Saturdav night, giving the prcsiaential address to Ihe Canterbury College Engineering Society. Much oil that went wrong was often sold to jobbers, who placed it on the market—"not too cheaply, or that might spoil the game"—and unless the buyer was very vigilant he was liable to make a bad bargain. The lifting oT oils presented many difficulties, said the speaker, since so many factors and variable quantities entered into it. In tliis connexion those making tests in New Zealand had to do work which was done elsewhere by commercial stations, private linns, insurance associations, and universities.

Working Out Kates. A ratepayer at a meeting addressed bv Mr J. V/. Andrews, Mayor of Lower Hutt, said that he considered relief workers should be allowed to work out their rates, and said that this was the practice at Napier and several other boroughs. Mr Andrews questioned the accuracy of the statement that other boroughs weie allowing this procedure. If the privilege were allowed to one it would have to be extended to everyone, whether relief worker or not, who found difficulty in y.ayment, and the council could not possibly find work for all, and, if it did, how would the council meet its payments for interest, material, and salaries without cash?

Slavery Among the Maoris. What is believed to be the only copy in existence of a book written by the He v. John Whiteley more than oO years ago is in the hands of Mi' Harold FJawson, Now Plymouth. It is a small book, containing only 47 pa yes, but it is printed closely and contains much matter. At the time the book was published, 1847. there was a certain amount of slavery among the Maoris, the slaves being mostly prisoners of war. In an effort to eradicate this the Rev. John Whiteley wrote this book in Maori and distributed it among the natives. It was printed by John Williamson, Auckland. The only words in the entire publication which are not in Maori, are "John Williamson." Most of the copies were distributed in the Waikato, for there were many slaves in that district, taken there by the Waikato tribes. The translation of the title of the book is "Peace, Peace. It is well that Peace be Established."

"You will find that farmers on heavy land will have these rollers as soon as they discover how easy it is to get that class of land into condition lor drilling," wrote Mr J. Skurr, to P. and D. Duncan, Ltd. Farmers should inspect the test winning Lincoln Grass Harrow and Drill, also Duncan's newly-designed StifT Tooth Cultivator, Tripod Harrows, and Lime Sowers. P. and D. Duncan, Limited. 196 Tuam street, Christchurch and Ashburton. —G